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, before ); , however, remains before . Before letters which are not gutturals,  is found in ,  (immediately after a tone-syllable).

Rem. The divine name, which has not its original vowels but those of  (see ), except that the  has simple not compound , takes the prefixes also, after the manner of , thus , , ,  (since they are to be read , , , ); for the  of , as of , , &c. (see below), after the prefixes, , , , but is audible after  (for ),  (no instance in the O.T.), and  (in  , , the article, not  interrog., is intended; the only example with  intertog., , is to be pointed , i.e. , not ). Hence the rule, (i.e., ,  make the  audible), , (i.e. , , ,  allow it to quiesce). —As regards the other plural forms of, elision of the always takes place after , , , , except in the form , thus , , &c.; but , &c., , &c.,.

1. As all prepositions were originally nouns in the accusative, they may be united with the noun-suffixes (–l), e.g.  (prop. at my side) by me,  (in my proximity) with me,  (in their place) instead of them, like the Latin mea causa, for my sake.

Rem. 1. The preposition (usually ) near, with, is distinguished from  (see below, and, note 4), the sign of the definite accusative , in its connexion with suffixes, by a difference of pointing, the former making , , in  , 2nd fem. ,, , , , (also in the later books, especially in Kings, and always in Jer. and Ezek., incorrectly ; , ; , ; ), while the latter retains its ô (obscured from â) before the light suffixes, but before grave suffixes is pointed with. This Seghôl is to be explained, with Praetorius, Iv. 369 f., as the modification of an ă which again was shortened from original â (in ʾâthî, ʾaîthô, &c.) in a closed syllable (ʾăth-hem, &c.). The same shortening and modification of the original â takes place before words in close connexion, hence, &c. When not in close connexion, the toneless becomes tone-long, e.g.  . Hence the following forms arise:—